# The Celebrity Death Pool 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523 "2010-12-01T09:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 56
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1102 "2011-04-21T13:39:01Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > He made a joke. Marathon runner. Long run. Joke. > > Note this thread is full of jokes about recent deaths. No no, I knew it was a joke, that wasn’t up for debate. The quality of the bad (good) pun was. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1103 "2011-04-22T14:00:04Z")
No points for 100 year old [Sol Saks](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=sol-saks&pid=150456255) who wrote the pilot episode of BEWITCHED and then kicked back and relaxed. Doubtful points for [Madely Pugh Davis](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=madelyn-pugh-davis&pid=150456006) 90 year old who once wrote for I LOVE LUCY. I’ll submit that the Grim Reaper has picked up his game a little lately, but is anyone getting any points? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1104 "2011-04-23T12:47:56Z")
Certainly a rough week for screenwriters. [Kevin Jarre](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-kevin-jarre-20110422,0,7780481.story) who wrote Glory and Tombstone dies of heart failure at 56. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1105 "2011-04-23T18:30:05Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > No no, I knew it was a joke, that wasn’t up for debate. > > The quality of the bad (good) pun was. You don’t like running jokes? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1106 "2011-04-23T19:38:45Z")
> [@arnesw](#): > > You don’t like running jokes? _slow clap_ Well played. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1107 "2011-04-24T13:24:48Z")
Happy International Zombie Day! May a moldering corpse fail to bite and infect you for another year! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1108 "2011-04-24T14:21:30Z")
I didn’t know there was such a thing - how delightful - that makes my “scary bed hair” a perfect adornment ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1109 "2011-04-24T14:39:20Z")
[Sathya Sai Baba](http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sathya-sai-baba-passes-away/150037-3.html), Indian spiritual Guru, has another chance for reincarnation. Age 85. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1110 "2011-04-24T14:44:06Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Sathya Sai Baba](http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sathya-sai-baba-passes-away/150037-3.html), Indian spiritual Guru, has another chance for reincarnation. . So, does it really count if they come back? ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1111 "2011-04-24T14:55:43Z")
New life, new points. It isn’t like they start at the same age they died at. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1112 "2011-04-24T19:05:43Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Sathya Sai Baba](http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sathya-sai-baba-passes-away/150037-3.html), Indian spiritual Guru, has another chance for reincarnation. Age 85. He had been a favorite of woo proponents and also a target of skeptics even in India. One of his famous prophecies was that he would live on till the age of 96. Advantage, and points go to the skeptics. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1113 "2011-04-24T22:22:54Z")
[Nawang Gombu](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=nawang-gombu&pid=150554469) youngest Sherpa in the Hillary climb of Everest and reportedly the first person to climb Everest twice, dies at age 79. It always throws me off, but Hillary went up Everest in 1953. I tend to think it happened 100 years earlier… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1114 "2011-04-24T23:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Nawang Gombu youngest Sherpa in the Hillary climb of Everest and reportedly the first person to climb Everest twice, dies at age 79. Question: Why did you climb Mt Everest? Answer: Because it was there Followup: Why are you the first to climb Mt Everest a 2nd time? I am completely bugged that I “might” never know the answer to this question. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1115 "2011-04-24T23:07:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Question: Why did you climb Mt Everest? > > Answer: Because it was there > > Followup: Why are you the first to climb Mt Everest a 2nd time? Because it was still there. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1116 "2011-04-24T23:17:44Z")
There are some people still alive who can answer this question. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1117 "2011-04-25T01:18:39Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Followup: Why are you the first to climb Mt Everest a 2nd time? “I left my wallet.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1118 "2011-04-25T11:22:04Z")
Last night I dreamt the Pope and Zsa Zsa died. I don’t have the pontiff, but I was quite excited to get to my computer and find out they are still going strong. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1119 "2011-04-25T11:32:02Z")
Let’s have a change and celebrate someone not dying. The oldest living Nobel Laureate, [Rita Levi-Montalcini](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Levi-Montalcini), turned 102 on Friday. For anyone interested in learning more about this remarkable woman (and several others) I recommend reading [Nobel Prize Women in Science](http://www.amazon.com/Nobel-Prize-Women-Science-Discoveries/dp/0309072700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303731023&sr=8-1-spell). ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1120 "2011-04-25T12:53:31Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Let’s have a change and celebrate someone not dying. The oldest living Nobel Laureate, [Rita Levi-Montalcini](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Levi-Montalcini), turned 102 on Friday. For anyone interested in learning more about this remarkable woman (and several others) I recommend reading [Nobel Prize Women in Science](http://www.amazon.com/Nobel-Prize-Women-Science-Discoveries/dp/0309072700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303731023&sr=8-1-spell). Just qeued up this book from my library. THANKS! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1121 "2011-04-25T13:57:18Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Followup: Why are you the first to climb Mt Everest a 2nd time? “To become a scant conversation piece in a trivial and slightly morbid contest on a popular message board. And while I am at it, Hi Opal!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=57)